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mouths of the mekong, vietnam
Inundation of the Mekong Delta as well as the Red River Delta to the north will displace a larger propor-
tion of the population in Vietnam than in any other country. New dams constructed on the river by China
complicate the situation there in the same fashion as did the Aswan High Dam in Egypt. Less sediment and
fewer nutrients will be delivered to the coast, shoreline erosion will increase, the fishing industry will col-
lapse, and refugees will crowd into nearby cities, in this case Ho Chi Minh City, one-third of which would
also be inundated.
